Speaker on behalf of trangender students at Cap Hill rally against Betsy Devos confirmation
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the 6th of February, opponents of Trump's Secretary of Education
nominee Betsy Devos gathered in Upper Senate Park. Video is of speaker on behalf of transgender students in public schools
Inside, the Senate was split 50-50, meaning Mike Pence would get to cast the time-breaker favoring confirmation. One more vote though and the nomination fails. Democrats refused to yield the floor, and the GOP kept the Senate in session. vowing to continue night and day.
Betsy Devos was said by protesters to have "not done her homework" and to be a completely unfit nominee for Secretary of Education. A speaker on behalf of transgender speakers worried that even anti-bullying programs that save lives would be scrapped along with civil rights protections for public school students.
Instead of supporting students such as transgender students who can face extremely difficult times, Betsy Devos is known as a supporter of privatizing public schools. Her family as "donated" $200 million to the GOP, and many think this is the real reason Trump nominated her at all.
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